WORCESTER, Mass. – The Clark University men's tennis team (5-0) closed out their fall unblemished with a 6-1 win against Connecticut College (2-1) on Sunday afternoon from the Corash Tennis Courts.
How it Happened
Doubles: Clark 2, Connecticut College 1
- Graduate student Edward Shepherd-Johnson and senior Aris Kirkorian opened the day with a 6-4 victory over Kristian Brondmo and Noa Hoshino in number one action, the tandems fourth win of the year.
- First-years Matthias Birkenholz and Sebastian Elias registered a 6-4 win against Liam Boone and Nikhil Agarwal in number three play to earn their second victory together this season.
- In number two doubles, junior Ziad Tabbara and first-year Maciej Jaruga won three games, but dropped the set 3-6 to Wolf Sohlberg and Anthony Chen.
Singles: Clark 5, Connecticut College 1
- Elias earned Clark's first singles point of the day with a 6-3, 6-1 win in number six play against Boone.
- Kirkorian registered a 6-3, 6-4 victory against Agarwal in number one action.
- Shepherd-Johnson clinched the win for Clark against Hoshino in number two singles with a 6-3, 7-6 victory.
- In number four singles, Jaruga won the first set 7-5, dropped the second 2-6, and clinched the victory in the third by a 6-2 margin against Brondmo.
- Tabbara dropped the first set 1-6, won the second set 6-4, and took the final set 6-2 against Sohlberg in number three play.
- Birkenholz took the first set 6-4, but dropped the next two sets 1-6, 0-6 to Chen in number five action.
